 Logo for the event | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Nine-ball |
| Location | Al Sadd Sports Club Doha, Qatar |
| Dates | June 21, 2011–July 1, 2011 |
Tournament format(s) | Double elimination, single elimination |
| Host(s) | WPA World Nine-ball Championship |
| Participants | 128 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion |  Yukio Akakariyama |
| Runner-up |  Ronnie Alcano |
The 2011 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a professional nine-ball pool tournament held from June 25 to July 1, 2011 at the Al Sadd Sports Club in Doha, Qatar. A series of qualifying tournaments were held from June 21 to 23. It was the 2011 edition of the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, which was first held in 1990. The event was organized by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA).
The defending champion was Filipino Francisco Bustamante, who defeated Kuo Po-cheng 13–7 in the final of the 2010 WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Bustamante lost to Dennis Orcollo in the last 32. Japanese player Yukio Akakariyama defeated Ronnie Alcano of the Philippines 13–11 in the final to become the first Japanese world pool champion since 1998, when Takahashi Kunihiko defeated Johnny Archer. The event had a prize fund of $250,000, with the winner receiving $30,000.